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Entry #8
This Summer's NFL Lockout Was
Actually A Good Thing
Posted August 18, 2011, 1:10pm by Jamal
Collier
 Usually
getting excited to see your favorite team play isn’t weird. But I find
myself asking why am I excited to see my favorite team, the defending
AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, play the Philadelphia
Eagles on Thursday night football. It’s the preseason.
I hate preseason football, and normally want the starters to get in
and get out avoiding any possible injuries. The last thing I want is
for one of the starters to get hurt in this meaningless game. And even
after our starting cornerback Ike Taylor broke his hand last week, I
was excited to read that the Steelers starters could play up to two
quarters.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been waiting for something to save me from my
pitiful baseball team (the Chicago Cubs).
Maybe it’s because I want to get rid of the bad taste that Aaron
Rodgers gave me after the Super Bowl.
Or maybe it’s because someone very educated in control of the NFL
decided to plant in my mind the fact that there may not be a football
season this year. Or that this summer’s lockout could result in
actually having a shortened football season.
And then in the eleventh hour the owners and players agree to a new
labor agreement and football is saved.
Hmm...just in time for me to pour more money into the NFL; I’ve
already ordered some merchandise off the Steelers online web site.
Just in time for me to do my part to make sure the NFL ratings are
still doing well, because I’ve been watching games in August the same
way I did last January. But everyone I know is more excited for
football and their fantasy drafts than they ever have before.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder; but then again, we really didn’t
miss anything.
Yeah I guess they missed some of those mini-camps I would not have
paid attention to anyways. And free agency was shortened, but the
Steelers never sign any big name free agents so I don’t care about
that either. The last time I think I cared to watch a minute of
preseason football was 2004, when I wanted to see what this new
quarterback, Ben Rothel-something?, could do (even though I thought we
were fine with Tommy Maddox).
This year I’ve watched extended time in the Chargers-Seahawks,
Bears-Bills and Jets-Texans preseason games. If you would’ve told me
that a year ago, I would’ve tried to take some of your money.
I’m even going to Buffalo Wild Wings tonight to watch the game
(Philadelphia at Pittsburg), at least for a half. As of Thursday,
there's only 24 days until the regular season...but who’s counting?
Whoever came up with this lockout idea...good job. You've got me more
hooked than ever.
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